Archive for September, 2009

Evony

Evony is a massively multiplayer online real time strategy game (MMORTS). It is highly popular because it is a persistent world. The landscape does not change each game or each time you log in, but rather you control your fledgling kingdom and direct its affairs. Your subjects will continue building, gathering, researching and laboring even while you are away. You may complete quests, attack barbarians or rival players, form alliances, achieve rank and title and expand your kingdom. Raise your Prestige and vanquish your foes. Your destiny is in your hands.

This past weekend was Nan Desu Kan 2009 located at the Denver Mariot Tech Center Hotel in Denver Colorado. I went along with my friends Paulie and Patrick. We had an excellent time. The three of us dressed up as Yuuko, Himawarii and Watanuki from XXXHolic.

Okay, at this point I have no idea what’s going on with this series anymore. This episode was… disturbing to say the least. For the first time in this series, the gore really disturbed me, and this also is the episode that really put my ability to not believe in the witch to the limits. This time, Beatrice really goes all out with her magic. Read the rest of this entry ?

When it comes to anime that centers around some hapless male suddenly and very unexpectedly finding himself with female company after a lengthy time of being single, you generally don’t set your expectations high. The “run of the mill” ratio tends to overwhelm whichever titles out there that actually holds some merit, so I guess it’s no real secret that shows like these are generally about male wish fulfillment. Nevertheless, while I might be in the habit of heaping large helpings of scorn upon shows like these, it’s not like I don’t understand or have forgotten how it is to be young.

Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gold Roger disappeared, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous “One Piece” behind. Whoever claims the “One Piece” will be named the new pirate king. Luffy D. Monkey, a boy who consumed the “Devil’s Fruit”, has it in his head that he’ll follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and he’s surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way.

The pressures of everyday life mean that emergency measures of some shape or form are called for ever-mroe often – But just how effective are they? So begins the musings of the latest episode of Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.Read the rest of this entry ?